I'm so damn cheap, I wear cotton ones. And they suck. what kind should I get? I hate spending money on socks.

Hard to go wrong at Walmart (starter brand) or Target (can't think of it) in terms of cost. You can probable get 4-6 pair for 1 pair of the crazy bamboo (or whatever) stuff that Runners World always reviews. If I poke a hole in $2 socks, I don't care. If I poke a hole in $12 socks, I cry. (Just my opinion )

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posted: 6/21/2010 at 10:16 AM

Target sells lots of Champion stuff.

As for the expensive socks, I swear by Balega. Comfy and it took 4 years to finally bust holes in my oldest pairs. I run a lot, and I'm very hard on shoes and socks.

I still run in cotton socks, but then again for the longest time I ran in cotton shirts too. I hope the other runners don't start laughing and pointing at my socks like they did my t-shirts. I'll have to give running socks a try. Who knows maybe I'll get hooked on them like I did with the running shirts.

I've never had any trouble with drinking milk...but I hear some people are lactose intollerant. Should I stop drinking milk? Just wondering.

haha. very good point. made me laugh a little. I was really just curious what people thought about it. i'll probably never buy any running socks because i hate to spend money and i can get three pairs of cotton socks for 1$ at the dollar store.

I recently figured out why my gym shirts were always smelling. Turns out it was my shoes! I've never had that issue with any of my other shoes that actually get more use. I figure it was because I was using regular socks with them instead of athletic socks.

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If you'd rather, I could tell talk about the 2 toenails that I lost yesterday....(18 days after a 50K, this was actually right on schedule)...

Cotton vs. running socks - I haven't really noticed a difference. I don't get blisters until I run 20+ miles, and then I will get them no matter what kind of socks I wear, usually under my middle toenails. Since my running shoes are a size bigger than my street shoes, I've been told this is from my toes hitting the top of my shoes. Mostly I get the Champion socks from Wal-Mart, but I wear running socks on most really long runs or marathons.

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